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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: jos_vil556@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:21:39 +0100
Subject: CONTRACT AWARD

I AM JOSEPH VILCSEK , THE DIRECTOR, CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL OF THE
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) LAGOS - NIGERIA .
DEAR SIR / MADAM , I WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE SPECIALLY BEEN
MANDATED TO ARRANGE AND NEGOTIATE FOR A TRUSTED AND HONEST FOREIGNER WHO
CAN HANDLE OUR NEW 2004 CONTRACT (ILT - 65004) .THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATION
FOR THIS CONTRACT (ILT - 65004) IS USD$4.8M AND THE COMPANY(NNPC) HAS AGREED
TO GIVE OUT THE ALLOCATION( USD$4.8M) TO ANY TRUSTED FOREIGNER WHO IS WILLING
TO EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT(ILT - 65004).

NATURE OF CONTRACT : SUPPLY OF 1,500 PIECES OF COMPAQ LAPTOP COMPUTERS
FOR OUR OFFICES IN WARRI , PORT - HARCOURT, LAGOS AND ABUJA .SPECIFICATIONS
OF THE LAPTOP COMPUTERS : 40GB HARD DISK, PENTIUM IV , 256MB RAM.PLEASE
DECLARE YOUR INTEREST BY PRESENTING THE FOLLOWINGS : YOUR FULL NAME AND
ADDRESS,YOUR SCANNED DATA PAGE INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE,
YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

BEST REGARDS
JOSEPH VILCSEK, DIRECTOR CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL(NNPC)


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